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Fractions worksheets KS3 – 20+ of the best maths resources Don't give your students half an education on fractions, give them the whole thing with these activities, worksheets and other resources...

How my Experience as an EAL Pupil Helps me Support my own Students My own problems as an EAL pupil helped me understand the importance of tackling vocabulary limitations to support learning, says Farzana Iqbal...

4 ways to develop secondary students’ love of literature with challenging texts If you want students to develop a genuine love of literature, as well as the skills needed to interpret it, try introducing them to challenging texts from the start, suggests Rebecca Foster...

Design Technology is a valuable subject – So why aren’t we telling students? Thanks at least in part to the rise of the EBacc, D&T is becoming marginalised in schools, says Jim Smith – and the cost of that could be huge...

Understanding ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Children Longterm and little-understood illnesses like ME, or chronic fatigue syndrome, can leave pupils misdiagnosed, isolated and forgotten, so it pays to spot the signs, says Claire Tripp...

Dealing with Students Deliberately Misbehaving when you’re being Observed Some things never change, says Adam Riches – and one of them is the tendency for students to act up when it’s most important that they don’t...

Best Fractions Worksheets and Resources for KS2 Maths Whether it's fractions of amounts, adding and subtracting fractions or finding equivalent fractions, these worksheets, activities and lessons will help your primary maths students get to grips with this area of the curriculum...

Composing music is a skill every child can and should do Composing isn’t about trying to emulate historical figures in wigs and tights; it’s a skill everyone can learn – and teach – without fear, says Dr Elizabeth Stafford...

Teaching Simplification of Algebra so Kids Actually Understand If your students are making mistakes with collecting like terms in algebra, it could be because they still don’t fully understand addition, says Peter Mattock...

Teaching primary children the building blocks of sentence construction The methods for teaching English set out in The Writing Revolution can make a real breakthrough in the understanding of sentence construction, says Sophie Bartlett...

Are We Facing a Damascene Moment for the Edtech Industry? Selling ever more advanced hardware to schools was never going to be enough to have a real impact on teaching and learning – which is why truly innovative companies are changing their approach, insists Craig Scott...

5 quick wins for unseen poetry analysis in secondary school Try these ideas to boost students’ skills and confidence when faced with unseen texts...

Teach Spelling as a Problem-Solving Skill – Just Like Maths Why do we consistently give children the answer when working with words when we would never dream of doing so with numbers, asks Laura Dobson...

“When We Believe in Our Students, They Believe in Us, too” Kerry Abercrombie was shortlisted for Teacher of the Year in the 2019 Into Film Awards - thanks to the pupils who insisted she put her name forward...

Use local history to give students a sense of identity Uncovering the stories that shape where they live can help young people develop powerful historical skills and a strong sense of identity, says Gemma Hargraves...

Evidence-Informed Practice in Teaching is Much More than the Latest Educational Fad Avoid the perils of untested interventions that do more harm than good by embracing research-informed practice, say Dave Harris and Professor John West-Burnham...

8 of the best colons and semicolons KS2 worksheets and resources Today's kids might use these important punctuation marks more for emojis than making a pause in a sentence – but these SPaG activities will help them get to grips with using them correctly in their writing...

Why we Need to Guide Even the Most Able Students’ GCSE Revision Left to their own devices, even the most able students can struggle with revision – which is why it’s our job to guide them every step of the way...

7 of the best GCSE physics equation sheets and revision resources If your KS4 students need a refresher on all their equations for energy, electricity, forces and motions before exam time, these worksheets should help them with their science revision...

How do Secondary Schools Keep Parental Engagement Up with Older Students? As pupils hit their teens, parental engagement in their education can often start to drop off – so we asked schools what they do to keep families on board for the full journey...

Is Our School System Failing Dyslexic Students? Stringent spelling and punctuation requirements for exams are limiting achievement for dyslexic children, says Amber Lee Dodd...

10 Years On: The Impact of Reading Recovery New research shows that early intervention can have a lasting effect on children’s literacy – helping to close the disadvantage gap, explains Dr Susan Bodman...

5 ways to teach Macbeth better Give your English literature GCSE students the best chance of success when tackling the Scottish play, with Charlotte Bourne’s active approaches...

Secrets of a ‘Naughty’ Kid My teachers would never have guessed what I was going through as a child, says author Sam Copeland...

Teach History Through Fiction History has always been a source of inspiration for novelists – so why not use their stories to awaken new enthusiasm for the subject in your students, asks Lynn Brittney...

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